Updated

01/23/2015 - 8:00am

The word ''tears'' and a poem were among the things the Washington censored in the diary of Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who has been imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay without charge since 2002. His memoir took six years to get published.

During U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's historic visit to Myanmar last month, she said that even one political prisoner was one too many. Now, there are signs that more of the thousands of people believed to be jailed for politica reasons will be released.

Anchor Marco Werman talks to Larry Siems, who directs the Freedom to Write program at PEN American Center. He says the number of authors whose human rights have been violated by the Chinese government has been a steep incline since 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Updated

01/23/2015 - 8:00am

The word ''tears'' and a poem were among the things the Washington censored in the diary of Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who has been imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay without charge since 2002. His memoir took six years to get published.

Anchor Marco Werman talks to Larry Siems, who directs the Freedom to Write program at PEN American Center. He says the number of authors whose human rights have been violated by the Chinese government has been a steep incline since 2008 Beijing Olympics.

During U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's historic visit to Myanmar last month, she said that even one political prisoner was one too many. Now, there are signs that more of the thousands of people believed to be jailed for politica reasons will be released.

Updated

01/23/2015 - 8:00am

The word ''tears'' and a poem were among the things the Washington censored in the diary of Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who has been imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay without charge since 2002. His memoir took six years to get published.

Anchor Marco Werman talks to Larry Siems, who directs the Freedom to Write program at PEN American Center. He says the number of authors whose human rights have been violated by the Chinese government has been a steep incline since 2008 Beijing Olympics.

During U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's historic visit to Myanmar last month, she said that even one political prisoner was one too many. Now, there are signs that more of the thousands of people believed to be jailed for politica reasons will be released.

Updated

01/23/2015 - 8:00am

The word ''tears'' and a poem were among the things the Washington censored in the diary of Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who has been imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay without charge since 2002. His memoir took six years to get published.